As of January 2023, there were approximately 618.5 thousand doctors registered in Brazil, an increase of around 70 percent compared to the number of physicians recorded in 2010. The medical specialties with the highest number of doctors in the South American country in 2022 were internal medicine and pediatrics.
Number of physicians in Brazil between 2010 and 2023
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